The case that shook London’s gay community: Stephen Port inquest starting today October 5, 2021 Over the next ten weeks, a jury will hear details of how four young London gay man met their deaths at the hands of serial killer Stephen Port between the summer of 2014 and September 2015. The hearings, which were postponed due to the pandemic, are being held at Barking Town Hall, just yards from [...]
Serving Met Police officer arrested and charged with rape October 3, 2021 A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape, the Crown Prosecution Service said late on Sunday evening. David Carrick, 46, from Stevenage will appear in court tomorrow. The CPS said: ‘The CPS has today authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge serving Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 46, with one count of rape following an [...]
Priti Patel: Police must take harassment of women more seriously October 2, 2021 Police must take harassment and flashing more seriously, Priti Patel said, as the Met comes under more scrutiny over how violence against women is treated in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder. Forces should “raise the bar” and treat everybody “with respect, dignity and seriously”, the home secretary told the Telegraph, as she dismissed suggestions [...]
The Met advises women to hail a bus or run if they do not trust a male officer October 1, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has issued new advice for women who do not trust a male officer, which includes ‘waving a bus down’ for help or running away. In a statement released yesterday, Britain’s largest force advised women to “shout out to a passer-by, run into a house or wave a bus down”. The guidance was [...]
Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens sentenced to whole life in prison September 30, 2021 Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to a whole life order after admitting to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens was a serving police officer with the Metropolitan Police when he kidnapped the 33-year-old marketing executive. At the sentencing at the Old Bailey on Thursday afternoon, Lord Justice Fulford said [...]
Today: Former police officer who raped and murdered Sarah Everard faces sentence September 29, 2021 Wayne Couzens, the man who raped and murdered Sarah Everard, will learn today if he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Couzens, 48, was a serving Pc with the Metropolitan Police when he snatched Everard as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. The sexual predator, [...]
Former Domino’s delivery driver charged with the murder of Sabina Nessa September 28, 2021 A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 28-year-old primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, who was attacked on her way to meet a friend. Koci Selamaj of Terminus Road, Eastbourne was charged yesterday and will today appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court, the police have confirmed. Ms Nessa’s body was found in Cator Park [...]
38-year-old man arrested at 3am on suspicion of murdering Sabina Nessa September 26, 2021 The Metropolitan Police said this morning a suspect was detained at around 3am earlier today for the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa. A 38-year-old man from East Sussex is currently being held in police custody. Detective Chief Inspector Neil John, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “Sabina’s family have been informed of this [...]
Sabina Nessa: Over 500 people gather to pay respects at London vigil September 25, 2021 Hundreds of people flocked for a vigil last night for 28-year-old teacher Sabina Nessa, who was murdered on a five-minute walk from her home. The Metropolitan police said that Nessa, had been walking to meet a friend at The Depot bar and restaurant last Friday near Pegler Square and walked through Cater Park in Kidbrooke [...]
Sabina Nessa murder suspect arrested as police appeal for witnesses September 23, 2021 A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Sabina Nessa in South-East London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Detectives believe that Sabina, a 28-year-old primary school teacher, was attacked shortly after leaving her home on Astell Road in Kidbrooke just before 20:30hrs on Friday evening. Her body was found by a member [...]